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Tolstoy and his grandchildren

Who’s Telling Your Story?

When I create a story, it usually comes to me the way it wants to be told.  I don’t really think about point of view. By the time I have it settled in my mind and ready to write, my hero shouts “I want out of this box!” or a narrator says “Rhonda stepped off […]

Recalculating

Recalculating

I’m not making resolutions. I’m recalculating. And why wait until ‘after the first of the year’? Every day is always the first day of MY new year. We think of New Years resolutions as a declaration to change the way we do something or to do something we feel we need to do. In a moment of clarity, […]

An Open Letter...

An Open Letter…

Meet Kim Greenup, friend and fellow member of White County Creative Writers.  This is Kim’s e-publishing debut, and I’m thrilled to introduce her.  You might find her on Facebook, at  https://www.facebook.com/kim.greenup.1?fref=ts - -   An open letter to my friends and family: It’s December 22, and I have not sent a single Christmas card this year, and […]

Just For Fun Friday 12/20/13

Just For Fun Friday 12/20/13

Have you begun your final countdown?  Is there someone, perhaps a child, that you still need a gift for? Give a Book!  I know I don’t have to tell you writers – but a book is the best gift of all.  It gives every time he/she picks it up. A book is more than just, […]

What We Have in Common...

What We Have in Common…

While working on a scene in my book, I created an escalated argument between a husband and wife. It was supposed to result in an ultimatum and separation. I went free-writing along through it, letting it flow as naturally as I could. Oops. HE said something that stopped the argument cold.  He capitulated. He was […]